If you are in India and active on Facebook, you must be aware that "secular", this word has been used and still being used as an abuse by RSS/ BJP people.
Why? Because Congress has used secularism for appeasement of Muslims. That is why, this saffron brigade abuse the concept of secularism, pseudo secularism. And I think, they are right also, congress just abused this concept.
But do this saffron brigade abuse secularism for this reason alone? No, not at all. They abuse because they hate the very concept of secularism, which says that state should not be guided by any religion. This saffron brigade wanna make this country Hindu, whatever they understand by Hinduism, they want everyone to accept their concept and live accordingly. Hence the collision, hence the abuse, hence the misuse.
Me too do not like this concept, but my reasons are different. For me present day Secularism is a shallow concept.
What state secularism is?
Say yeah to all the religions. Not for state itself but for its people. The people can say yeah or no to any religion but the state itself remains aloof, remains at a distance from all the religions, keeps a gap------ and believes that its decisions should be reason driven not religion driven.
A state do not indulge in any particular religious activity.
Good, but not very deep.
And should an individual too be secular?
No, I do not think so. There are some right and some wrong things in the religious scriptures and religious ways.
So how can we accept or reject completely or remain aloof?
Another kinda approach, a freethinker's approach, not positive nor negative, not aloof..... a neutral but engaged kinda approach is right, which wherever finds something good/right..says yes, wherever finds something unreasonable says nay.
Suppose I am studying "Guru Granth" and Geeta and Bible....if my approach is this that all is shit, holy shit, a pre-settled approach, this is prejudice.....no, not right.
Suppose, I have an approach that all this is great, sacred, then also it prejudice, not right.
Then I have another approach, I study Guru Granth or any granth and find something right...I say yeah, here this is right thing.....then again at another place in the same granth, I find something wrong, I find something wrong, I say...O, the granth is wrong at this place....this is the right approach....THE APPROACH. And can you call this approach secular? Secular approach remains aloof, keeps a distance from all the religions but my approach is to dig deep into religions, just use reason, free from religious bondage and then decide what is right and what is wrong.
And what I think is right at micro level that is right at macro level too.
What is right at individual level that is right at society level too.
So even the society, the state should not be secular as it poses to be today, it should reject the religious follies.
For example, loud speaker is being misused by all religions, roads are misused by all the religions by processions and all other kinda programs, why should any secular state let it happen? Because of religious pressures.
So practically Govt. is not secular in real manner. Theoretically it is.
And theory pulls it towards itself and practical towards itself.
Reason pulls towards itself and religion to itself.
One more example, I have stated elsewhere that no kid should be introduced to any religion until the age of 21 years, not even by one's parents. It should be a legal declaration and society should abide by this law.
But do you think this can happen easily? No, never. Here the reason and religion will fight. The shallow secularism, which it today is, it will say, why to bother for such issues, let people decide about their kids, about the religion of their kids. But a real secularism, about which I am talking, it will state, no, such kinda parenting cannot be allowed any more. Kids are being reduced to robots, no, this should be stopped.
So, see sooner or later secularism will have to change its definition, it will have to move from remaining aloof to be actively engaged into religious matters.
Just one example of France, it banned Burqa, this kinda secularism I am talking about. Reason says, how can anyone accept remaining under veil? This is unnatural, this is no free-will, this is just brain washing.
So see, what my differences are with secularism.
I do not want it to remain aloof and let the religions spread their follies.Can you allow someone to spread virus in the name of freedom then how can you allow religions allow all kinda bullshit, superstitions?
Sooner or later secularism will have to change its definition, its stand.
But here in India, we have seen only pseudo-secularism in Congress era and now religious madness is what we are facing in BJP era, what to say of secularism and what to say of next level of secularism?
Hope for a better evolved future.
Why? Because Congress has used secularism for appeasement of Muslims. That is why, this saffron brigade abuse the concept of secularism, pseudo secularism. And I think, they are right also, congress just abused this concept.
But do this saffron brigade abuse secularism for this reason alone? No, not at all. They abuse because they hate the very concept of secularism, which says that state should not be guided by any religion. This saffron brigade wanna make this country Hindu, whatever they understand by Hinduism, they want everyone to accept their concept and live accordingly. Hence the collision, hence the abuse, hence the misuse.
Me too do not like this concept, but my reasons are different. For me present day Secularism is a shallow concept.
What state secularism is?
Say yeah to all the religions. Not for state itself but for its people. The people can say yeah or no to any religion but the state itself remains aloof, remains at a distance from all the religions, keeps a gap------ and believes that its decisions should be reason driven not religion driven.
A state do not indulge in any particular religious activity.
Good, but not very deep.
And should an individual too be secular?
No, I do not think so. There are some right and some wrong things in the religious scriptures and religious ways.
So how can we accept or reject completely or remain aloof?
Another kinda approach, a freethinker's approach, not positive nor negative, not aloof..... a neutral but engaged kinda approach is right, which wherever finds something good/right..says yes, wherever finds something unreasonable says nay.
Suppose I am studying "Guru Granth" and Geeta and Bible....if my approach is this that all is shit, holy shit, a pre-settled approach, this is prejudice.....no, not right.
Suppose, I have an approach that all this is great, sacred, then also it prejudice, not right.
Then I have another approach, I study Guru Granth or any granth and find something right...I say yeah, here this is right thing.....then again at another place in the same granth, I find something wrong, I find something wrong, I say...O, the granth is wrong at this place....this is the right approach....THE APPROACH. And can you call this approach secular? Secular approach remains aloof, keeps a distance from all the religions but my approach is to dig deep into religions, just use reason, free from religious bondage and then decide what is right and what is wrong.
And what I think is right at micro level that is right at macro level too.
What is right at individual level that is right at society level too.
So even the society, the state should not be secular as it poses to be today, it should reject the religious follies.
For example, loud speaker is being misused by all religions, roads are misused by all the religions by processions and all other kinda programs, why should any secular state let it happen? Because of religious pressures.
So practically Govt. is not secular in real manner. Theoretically it is.
And theory pulls it towards itself and practical towards itself.
Reason pulls towards itself and religion to itself.
One more example, I have stated elsewhere that no kid should be introduced to any religion until the age of 21 years, not even by one's parents. It should be a legal declaration and society should abide by this law.
But do you think this can happen easily? No, never. Here the reason and religion will fight. The shallow secularism, which it today is, it will say, why to bother for such issues, let people decide about their kids, about the religion of their kids. But a real secularism, about which I am talking, it will state, no, such kinda parenting cannot be allowed any more. Kids are being reduced to robots, no, this should be stopped.
So, see sooner or later secularism will have to change its definition, it will have to move from remaining aloof to be actively engaged into religious matters.
Just one example of France, it banned Burqa, this kinda secularism I am talking about. Reason says, how can anyone accept remaining under veil? This is unnatural, this is no free-will, this is just brain washing.
So see, what my differences are with secularism.
I do not want it to remain aloof and let the religions spread their follies.Can you allow someone to spread virus in the name of freedom then how can you allow religions allow all kinda bullshit, superstitions?
Sooner or later secularism will have to change its definition, its stand.
But here in India, we have seen only pseudo-secularism in Congress era and now religious madness is what we are facing in BJP era, what to say of secularism and what to say of next level of secularism?
Hope for a better evolved future.